High School Students need to teach themselves to read critically and luckily it is a skill that they can learn. When you are reading critically you will find yourself thinking more often about the book or passage that you are reading. You will sharpen your deductive reasoning skills. You will tease out connections between different books and events in reading comprehension passages.
Next time you read them try this:
- Stop and ask yourself questions - What is the author trying to say? What is the point of the passage or chapter? Could the author have used better examples to buttress her argument and what techniques is the author using to build her argument?
- What is the author point of view? What issues is the author focusing on? What questions do you have about what you are reading?
-Consider whether you agree or disagree with the author's point of view
-Think about what makes good writing and ask yourself how the author gets her readers to invest in the story while at the same time expressing their point of view.
